Hubert v. Jose
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George Louis Jose, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 7th day of April, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The plaintiff recovered $150 as a penalty under chapter 1042 of the Laws of 1895, in that the defendant, the keeper of an eating house, refused to serve him upon the express ground that he was a colored man. This statute has been re-enacted in the Civil Bights Law {infra).
Two points are made against the judgment: First, it is contended that the motion to dismiss the plaintiff, made at the close of his case, should have been granted, in that there was no proof that the plaintiff was a “citizen.” The fact may be that the plaintiff was a “citizen,” and that, if his attention had…
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